Under the guidance of two BCIT carpentry instructors, Doug Betts and Bob Maikawa, students who had received a basic safety orientation and a few hours of classroom instruction were able to quickly assemble these almost 500-square-foot panelized homes. The homes have four small rooms and a large covered deck, and take approximately eight days to assemble.
TSUNAMI RELIEF
Sixteen BCIT carpentry students recently completed the construction of a Britco Structures demonstration hybrid panelized and pre-cut home designed for Indonesian tsunami relief housing. All of the students are enrolled in the Entry Level Trades Training (ELTT) program.
Under the guidance of two BCIT carpentry instructors, Doug Betts and Bob Maikawa, students who had received a basic safety orientation and a few hours of classroom instruction were able to quickly assemble these almost 500-square-foot panelized homes. The homes have four small rooms and a large covered deck, and take approximately eight days to assemble.
The Province of British Columbia, BCIT, Britco Structures and Save the Children are jointly supporting the project. The first phase will see 300 homes sent to a region of Indonesia devastated by the December 2004 tsunami. Later phases will result in up to 3,000 homes constructed in Indonesia.
Through Forestry Innovation Investment, the BC government is utilizing a training program developed by BCIT’s School of Construction and Environment to assemble houses on site in Indonesia. BCIT will send Doug Betts and Bob Maikawa to Indonesia to train local workers in the construction and assembly of the homes in villages throughout the region.
BCIT’s skills training program is designed to provide lasting and long-term benefits for local workers that go well beyond traditional relief efforts. “We are very pleased to be working in co-operation with Forestry Innovation Investment, Britco and Save the Children to deliver training for this very special project,” says Wayne Stevens, director of BCIT’s Canadian Housing and Construction Centre
Langley-based Britco Structures specializes in the design and construction of commercial, institutional, industrial and residential modular buildings.
“We have designed and engineered a cost-effective, permanent and long-term solution that will have a real impact for dislocated families and children who were left homeless in the wake of the earthquakes and tsunami,” says Mike Ridley, vice president of Britco Structures.
“This is about rebuilding communities, rebuilding families and rebuilding a future for thousands of children in Indonesia.”
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